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WangoTango

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On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:20:49 -0700, Rich Grise
wrote:

On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:56:07 -0700, John Larkin wrote:
On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:45:47 -0400, WangoTango
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Ah, but the Casino debt was one VOLUNTARILY entered into.

When professionals use psychologists and advertizing and architects and
electronics and alcohol to predictably separate compulsive gamblers from
their assets, it's not exactly "voluntary."

Oh, feh. Are you volunteering to be The Great Nanny?

Gambling used to be illegal in most states. It still should be.
We all take risks every day.
Why shouldn't I be allowed to decide which ones?

Stupid people shouldn't be "protected" from the consequences of their own
stupidity.

Good grief, of course they should be. Why should being born with a low
IQ be a punishable (and exploitable) sin? The least competant among us
are the ones most in need of protection from the most predatory among
us.
Darwinism.....

Who would then protect us from the "protectors?"

Do you need to gamble?
No, but that should be MY choice.

Sorry, but real life is tough.

And real people care about one another.

And stupid should hurt......